THEVIOLENTREFRAINS OF
JENNIFER KENT’STHE NIGHTINGALE
JENNIFERKENT’SSOPHOMOREFEATUREIS A WELL-TOLD
TALEWITHANUNASHAMEDLYPOLITICALTHRUST.DEPICTING
CLASHESBETWEENCONVICTS,COLONISTSANDTHE
ABORIGINALPEOPLEWHOSELANDTHEYHAVESEIZED,THE
FILMOFFERSBOTHA HARROWINGACCOUNTOFA BRUTAL
PERIODINAUSTRALIANHISTORYANDA PROVOCATIONFORITS
AUDIENCETODISMANTLETHESYSTEMSTHATHAVEBIRTHED
SUCH VIOLENCE IN THE FIRST PLACE, WRITESTRAVIS JOHNSON.
Horror
of
Hierarchies
AUSTRALIANAND
NEW ZEALAND CINEMA
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